Integrated Circuits that have given up the Magic Blue Smoke
Nov
06
The ADC for this oscilloscope is cracked and malfunctioning – only the upper 4 bits work. The screws shown that hold the heatsink on the reverse side of the board were loose and probably caused it to overheat and eventually crack. Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imager/ / CC BY-NC 2.0
Nov
04
Weller WESD51 fails with a resistor and a PIC burning up with no apparent cause. Weller fixed this under warranty and put a new tip on the iron as a little extra. Credit: http://www.rtach.com/pics/burn2.jpg
Oct
29
A spilled coke spilled over a laptop motherboard and fried the voltage regulator. Credit: http://www.badfirmware.org/
Oct
29
Lightning struck the cable line on this cable modem. Damage shown is part of the PHY, along with damage not visible to two of the resistors that came from the ethernet port. Credit: http://www.kevtris.org/